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May 27, 2015 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
North County Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

There was two other miners on-site and neither of them saw what happened. They found ee lying down next to the water truck and the rock crusher water tank. He was bleeding from the back of his head.

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